Flanktrap

You don’t take pieces by landing on them. You trap them.

Flanktrap is a compact board duel on an 8×8 grid. Pieces slide like chess rooks, bishops, or queens — but capture only when you squeeze enemies between your own.

Align a pincer. Sweep a whole line. Corner an opponent with both neighbors locked. First to five captures wins.

Not checkmate. Not hopping. Positioning is the whole game.

HOW IT PLAYS

• Tap a piece, then a legal empty square
• Trap enemies horizontally or vertically between two of your pieces
• Surround a full line and capture them all at once
• Corner rule: if both orthogonal neighbors are yours, the piece is captured
• First to 5 captures — or win by leaving your opponent with no legal moves

TWO WAYS TO PLAY

• VS AI — lime (you) vs coral (AI)
• 2 Players — pass the phone; P1 starts at the bottom, P2 at the top

DIFFICULTY CHANGES THE BOARD, NOT JUST THE BOT

• Easy — rooks only
• Normal — bishops only
• Hard — queens only
• Very Hard — mixed pieces, with a sharper AI in VS mode

The same four setups are available in local play, so each match becomes a different tactical puzzle.

Built for short sessions: arcade look, quick rematches, rules in the app.